Sorry for the dellay in posting an accompanying blog post to the recent update of the Flattr Shortcode Widget! I must say I am very excited about this new build as it is the start of a lot of great new features that will be coming soon so watch this space!

New Features

Flattr Shortcode Syntax Modified

This is not a new feature but is certainly something any existing users should be aware of! The syntax for the shortcode has changed! It is only a minor change and the widget is still backwards compatible but I do plan to eventually remove backwards compatibility all together so it would be best to update to the new syntax. The new syntax stops a lot of common bugs that was happening and makes it all a lot clearer. To find out more about the new syntax view the new syntax information.

Flattr Shortcode Widget Settings

There is now a Flattr Shortcode Settings Page which can be found under the settings tab of your WordPress administration. From this page you can edit/set the default UID for the blog. Currently this is still linked to the official flattr widgets setting however this will soon become independent! The main advantage of this new feature is that you can now set a default flattr UID to be used even if you do not have the official Flattr Widget.

On this page you also have the option to enable/disable author specific UIDs. Having this feature enabled adds a new option to the profile page for a user’s flattr ID. When users who have set their flattr ID make a post their UID will automatically be used for shortcodes they use within their posts! This makes it great for use on multi-author sites!

Change Log

0.3.0

NEW: Flattr UID option for induvidual users allowing each user to have their own default Flattr UID

NEW: Options Page to set the default Flattr UID for the blog

UPDATE: Flattr Shortcode modified – new uid tag added

0.2.3

UPDATE: More tags added

0.2.2

BUG FIX: Feeds would try and render the javascript button.

NEW: RSS displays a Flattr this image in substitute of the js widget but this links to the flattr home page due to Flattr API restictions

BUG FIX: Default widget size is not reset to large after creating a compact widget if the Official Flattr Widget is not installed.

BUG FIX: Name change was not fully migrated

0.2.1

BUG FIX: Anchor now set when used with multi-flattr feature

BUG FIX: Anchors <a> tag is now closed properly

UPDATE: Additional flattrs made by multi-flattr are hidden from listing on flattr.com to stop spamming

BUG FIX: Further whitespace removal to all variables

0.2.0

NEW: Anchors added so that multiple flattrs can be used on the same URL

NEW: Your backlink from flattr can link straight back to the widget rather than just back to the page (uses anchors)

NEW: You can define how many flattr widgets you want to be generated and each work independantly (allows multiple flattrs)

NEW: You can use multiple flattrs and anchor features simultaniously

UPDATE: All true/flase values must now be set to ‘1’ (true) or ‘0’ (flase)

BUG FIX: Hide not always set to true

BUG FIX: Default language now works

UPDATE: Arrays now used instead of lots of independant variables

BUG FIX: Whitespace in variables that would cause the widget to fail is now removed

0.1.4

BUG FIX: Decription was not filled in if not manually set and was therefore required